Bee's Bookshelf: January 2019 selection
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Channel: Scripps National Spelling Bee · 2018 · Entertainment
The Bee's Bookshelf, the official book club of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, has announced its January 2019 selection: Amal Unbound by Aisha Saeed. Amal has big dreams of becoming a teacher. Her dreams are temporarily dashed when–as the eldest daughter–she must stay home from school to take care of her siblings in her Pakistani village. Then the unimaginable happens–after an accidental run-in with the son of her village’s corrupt landlord, Amal must work as his family’s servant to pay off her own family’s debt. Amal learns of the family's nefarious dealings. When it becomes clear just how far they will go to protect their interests, Amal realizes she will have to find a way to work with others if they are ever to exact change in a cruel status quo, and if Amal is ever to achieve her dreams. Join the Bee's Bookshelf to get emails on our monthly book selections - www.spellingbee.com/bookshelf Also join the conversation about all the books on the Bee's Bookshelf group on https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/225619-the-bee-s-bookshelf.
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